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Prepared by: Dante Fichera, CPA
This reporting period companies based in Colorado operating in the Software industry and that have raised their Series A round of financing led the pack in the amount of venture financing raised. Also, there were ten IPO’s this reporting period.
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CapitalHunter.com was able to verify that $320 million of venture capital was invested in 26 U.S.-based companies during this week’s reporting period. The average deal size was approximately $12.31 million. The amount of venture capital invested this period increased by 67% from last periods $192 million. |
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Geographically, 2 Colorado companies raised $120.5 million in venture financings which represents 38% of the total venture capital invested this reporting period. The largest private venture financing in Colorado this period was into Webroot Software. Webroot Software raised $108 million and is a Boulder based provider of anti-spyware software and other security technologies for consumers and enterprises. |
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The software sector raised 60% of the venture capital this period. Fourteen software companies raised $188.4 million in venture financing. The largest private venture financing in software sector this period was into Webroot Software. |
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Companies raising their Series A round of financing led this week’s venture capital activity. Series A financings represented 51% of the total venture capital deployed this period. The largest private venture financing in Series A stage financing this period was into Webroot Software.
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The three largest venture deals this period are as follows: |
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Company |
Industry |
Investment |
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Webroot Software |
Software |
$108 million |
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Five Prime Therapeutics |
Biotechnology |
$45 million |
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LVL7 Systems |
Software |
$21 million |
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The following Twenty and other unnamed investors funded the above mentioned top three venture capital investments for $174 Million: |
| 1 | Accel Partners | | 2 | Advanced Technology Ventures | | 3 | Diamond Capital Company | | 4 | Domain Associates | | 5 | Gabriel Venture Partners | | 6 | H I G Ventures | | 7 | HealthCap | | 8 | JP Morgan Partners | | 9 | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | | 10 | Lighthouse Capital Partners | | 11 | Mayfield | | 12 | Research Triangle Ventures | | 13 | Singapore BioInnovations | | 14 | T Rowe Price | | 15 | Technology Crossover Ventures | | 16 | Texas Pacific Group Ventures | | 17 | The Carlyle Group | | 18 | The Wellcome Trust Limited | | 19 | USVP | | 20 | Versant Ventures |
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A total of 106 equity financings of private and public companies occurred during this reporting period. Each of the 106 equity financings are profiled in a weekly report which include venture financings, private placements, secondary offerings, PIPE’s, and IPO’s.
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